Wednesday was 25th March – the Feast of the Annunciation, which means it is now less than 9 months to Christmas. What will our world be like in nine months’ time?
Of course it was also in Lent and so ‘Feast’ is a misnomer. The Annunciation is often delayed till the day after Easter Day. Then we can celebrate! We have the prospect of no ‘Feast’ on Easter Day itself, let alone the day after. That is a terrible thought. We must get our technology working. Why is the Annunciation so important? Firstly it starts the process whereby God comes into our human existence in a tangible way. Mary conceives by the Holy Spirit. From then on God reveals himself to us in a way He has not done before. It continues the divine plan for the salvation of the world. This is one reason for a ‘Feast’. The birth of Jesus (‘God saves’) becomes a possibility. The second reason for us to rejoice is Mary. It is by the readiness of that simple and young woman, already betrothed to a human man, to say ‘Yes!’ to God in such a decisive way, and of course it involves us in the salvation story. Mary is our representative. She gives us the possibility of saying ‘Yes!’ to God in our daily lives. Our ‘Yes!’ is very much needed at the moment. One of the frustrations of our current situation is to see how we can be of use. It is through our prayers and our daily spiritual routine that we can help others. We are part of God’s plan and we offer ourselves daily to Him. We can pray, we can read, we can help our neighbours, we can use the technology. Perhaps we can even teach John Green to! Our task at the moment is to place ourselves in God’s hands and to trust. May God strengthen you all. John
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